Hinge



Sept. 20, 1932. Q M, BANGS 1,878,363

HINGE Filed April 20, 1929 Patented Sept. 20, 1932 n f UINrrED: Sfilw'rlzsv PATENT! @Firm owEN MORRIS salvas,A oF .NEW YORK, N. Y. Y

Application filed April 20,

freight cars or other devices, in such manner Y that their removal from the outside by means ofa chisel or like tool is rendered much more ,diiicult than at present.

According to ymy invention, no parts which can be cut or driven out, such as the4 pintleof the hinge orthe securing bolts, are in any way exposed, nor can they be reached in any way Jfrom the outside after thel device has been assembled. The improved hinge, when combined with the seal lock or latchin member disclosed in my Patent No. 1,711,339, is particularly adaptable for use on thedoors of containers such as are coming into extensive use for the handling of freightby rail and by express.

lThe hinge comprises two relatively swinging members, one of said members having a central ear or pintle carrying member, and having a pin or pintle' extending laterally through, and on eaohside of said ear, and the other member being split and comprising two parts which have overlapping beveled portions, these parts being adapted, when assembled, to form ay single plate. Each part is provided with an'ear or socket adapted to receive one of the laterally extending portions of the pin. Each ear is closed on the side opposite the pin receiving aperture, so that when the hinge is in assembled position the pin is entirely inaccessible and cannotbe driven out, as can thepintle of an ordinary hinget Each lof the two relatively swinging members has preferably integral therewith a stud or stem adapted'to extend through the body of the trunk or other object to which the hinge is applied, and to be fitted with a cap secured on the inside of the trunk or other article. By the combination of these studs and the method of assembling the parts of the hingeitself, the device is entirely pro- 1929. Serial Na. 356,675.'l

tested on the outside,`and cannot be lremoved without detection. n

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a planview of awhasp lock` embodying myimproved hinge;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the keeper of the lock;y

Fig.' Seis a sectional vievvyof the keeper showing the integral studs -for attaching the same to a trunk or the like; 'n

Fig."Y l is ja transverse 4sectional. view 'through the split member of the hinge showing the beveled overlapping meeting portion;

Fig. 5 isa plan view similar to Fig. 1 showing the invention applied toa hinge other than a portion ofthe lock;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinalsection of the device shovvn in Fig. 5; and

F ig.\7 isa transverse sectional view of the same showing the overlapping portions of the split member.

Figs. 1 to 4 show the invention in its` relation to a hasp lock. According Ato this embodiment, the reference characters A and B represent the two relatively swinging members ofthe hinge, one of which, is adapted to be engaged in a keeper C and heldin place Vby means of a seal D, while the other is securedto the trunk' or other object E, shown in Figsf andf.

The keeperC is providedwith studs 10 eX-V tending from the inner-side of the flange o thekeeper asshown clearly in Fig. 3. These studs are `preferably ,formed integral with the keeper and may be cast therewith. As shown, they studs are'threaded r both internally as at 11 and externally as at 12. This permits the use of nuts or of bolts for attaching the keeper to the trunk or ythe like, whichever means may be preferred.` The studs 10 cannot Vbe reached froml the outside, as theyv are completely covered by the overlapping flange of the keeper. Y

The' two relatively swinging members A and' B are assembled in such a manner that thel pintle or Vpin of thehinge cannot be driven out-orcut. As shown, the member 1s providedwith an earl 131through'which 100 extends a pin 14, such pin having extensions 15 Aon eachside of the ear 13. Ifdesired, the members 15 could be cast integral with the ear 13 instead of being part of the pin as shown. The member B is formed in two parts 16 and 17, both of which are provided with ears 18, which are recessed as at 19 to receive the ends 15 of the pintle or pin 1li. The members 16 and 17 are beveled at their meeting portions 20, and when assembled, these beveled port-ions overlap, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 1. This overlapping prevents entrance of a tool such as a` chisel or the like. When the parts are assembled as shownin full lines in Fig. 1, it will be noted that the ends of the pin are completely protected by metal as at 22, since the sockets 19v do not eX- tend entirely through theears 18. Thus it is impossible Vto drive out the pin from the ends. i

Y As shown-in Fig. 4;, each of vthe portions 16 and 17 is provided with an integral stem or stud 23, Awhich extends through the trunk E and which`v is internally and vexternally `threadedin the same manner as the studs 10.

As shown, nuts 24Cl are employed for holding these studs in place. If desired, however,

.washers might be .employed and Vlieadedbolts,

noty shown, might bez screwed internally, into the studs 23. 'Y

ln F ig.-'5, ythe members A and By are attached respectively to two movable parts E 3f the trunk or other kobject to which the hinge is applied. Ther member B y.is .composed of two parts 25 and 26 which are beveled at their meeting portion 27, as in the previously described yembodiment of the invention. The member A is provided with an ear 13 through Awhich extends a pin 111 having extension portions 15 adapted to be received inrecessed portions of the parts KV25 and 26 ofthe mem-- ber B.- The members A and B are provided with studs 28, preferably integral therewith andadapted to. .extend through the trunk E. As shown, the two parts of the split meinber B arecoun'ter-sunk asat 30, and Ywhen the hinge is attached to the trunk, a plate 31 .is appliedyon the outside of the trunk and withinthe counter-sunk portion ofthe meniber B', This plate extends transversely across the overlapping meeting edges of the parts 25 and 26, and is apertured to permit ,the studs 28 to pass therethrough. This plate `holds parts 25 and'26 in assembled position.

On the insideof the trunk, plates 33. and 34 are employed, as shown clearly in 6 and 7, andk nuts. 35 on. the studs l28k are fastened down on the plates 33 and 341.V

Hinges embodying my invention may be manufactured at low cost, and when -applied to baggage, freight or the like, will result in rendering Vthe same practically inaccessible to an unauthorizedperson.V The invention maybe varied in detail withoutdeparting @from the scope oftheappended claims.l

. ing members being. split and composedA of two parts having an overlapping t at their meetliii-g portions, eachof said parts having a stem formed integral therewith, and a removable 'plate lapertured to *fit said stems and extending crosswise of said split member, said split member being :counter-sunk ,toreceive said cross plate.

2. A hinge comprising a member lhavinga .pintle vcarrying portion atl oneedge, pintle portions at opposite sides of saidpintle carrying portion, al sectional. member, the lsections of which abut vone another whenassembled along a line that `intersects the pintle axis .to form acomplete plate, and each of two of said sections having a projection at one edge, said projections `being spacedffrom each other when the sections are assembled and having closed sockets Vintheir opposing sides so that ythe projections embrace the said pintle carrying portion when the members are connected, while the sockets receive and enclose the pintle portions, and means inaccessible from the outside `for holding'the first named member andA the sections of the sectionall member against removalfromthe parts that are to be hinged together. v

3. A hinge comprising an integral member having a pintle carrying portion at oneedge, pintle portions at opposite sides of said pintle when assembled along a line that-intersects the pintle axis toform a complete plate, and each of two of said sections havingV a projection atene edge, said projections being spaced from each other when the sections areassembled and having closed sockets in their opposing sides so that the projections embrace `the said pintle .carryingportion when the carrying portion, .a leaf member, comprising disconnected sectionswhich abut one another testimony. whereof I aiiix signature. f 

